George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock
George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock , PC (born January 21, 1942 in Oswestry , Shropshire ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .
He attended Keith Grammar School , Haberdashers 'Aske's Boys' School in Hampstead and then went to Edinburgh University . Between 1965 and 1967, Foulkes was President of the Scottish Union of Students . In 1974, Foulkes stood for election to Lothian Regional Council and was elected until 1979. In 2009 he ran for election to the post of rector of the University of Edinburgh. However, the journalist Iain Macwhirter was elected to succeed the incumbent Green politician Mark Ballard . Foulkes received 31% of the votes cast.
British House of Commons and Lords
1979 came Foulkes in the 1979 lower house elections for the first time to national elections. He won the direct mandate of his constituency South Ayrshire and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons . At the end of the legislature, the constituency was dissolved and Foulkes stood in the 1983 general election in the constituency of Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley . Again he won the direct mandate and defended it in the elections in 1987 , 1992 , 1997 and 2001 . Subsequently, the constituency was dissolved and Foulkes was raised to the nobility at the end of the legislature in 2005 as a life peer with the title Baron Foulkes of Cumnock , of Cumnock in East Ayrshire. Since then he has been a member of the House of Lords . At the 2005 general election Foulkes has not raced for more. Between 1997 and 2001, Foulkes held the post of Parliamentary Undersecretary for International Developments. From 2001 to 2002 he was Secretary of State for Scotland.
Scottish Parliament
In the 2007 Scottish general election , Foulkes ran for a seat in the Scottish Parliament . He did not run for election in a single constituency, but was ranked first on the Labor Party's regional electoral list for Lothian's electoral region . As a result of the election result, he moved as the only Labor politician for Lothians in the Scottish Parliament. At the end of the legislative period, he left parliament.
More activity and controversy
In 2005, Foulkes resigned as chairman of the Scottish football club Heart of Midlothian and referred to club owner Vladimir Romanov as a "dictator".
In 2008, Foulkes was criticized for his high financial demands as a result of his work in the House of Lords. He asked for around £ 55,000 for overnight stays in his own London apartment over a period of two years . In contrast, his demands on the Scottish Parliament were relatively minor. In a live interview to disclose the demands of all MPs and the following discussion in the population, Foulkes attacked the news anchor and accused the media of wanting to undermine democracy.
After Foulkes had accused the Scottish National Party (SNP) of racism against the English in 2007, the SNP leader Henry McLeish demanded an apology, which Foulkes refused.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock on thepeerage.com , accessed August 17, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from March 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Information from the House of Lords
- ^ Information from the University of Edinburgh
- ↑ Results of the 1979 parliamentary elections ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the parliamentary elections in 1983 ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the 1987 parliamentary elections ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the parliamentary elections in 1992 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Results of the 1997 and 2001 parliamentary elections
- ↑ BBC News: George Foulkes
- ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ BBC Sports: Foulkes brands Romanov a dictator
- ↑ The Herald: Foulkes Claimed £ 45,000 to stay in own London flat
- ^ The Scotsman: Lord Foulkes caught in £ 54,000 expenses row
- ^ The Scotsman: Toilet paper adds to MSPs' £ 10m expenses
- ↑ BBC News: Peer turns fire on BBC presenter
- ↑ The Scotsman: Foulkes snubs McLeish's call to apologize for SNP 'racism' claimsoft
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foulkes, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foulkes, George, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician (Labor), Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oswestry |